USD Football 1996

USD Senior All-PFL Returners

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MIKE BUHLER Senior Punter 1995 1st Team All-Pioneer Football League

Enters fourth and final year with USO ... last year was named l st Team All-Pioneer Football League after leading the league with his 39.3 yards per punt average ... he set three USO records in 1995 for punts in a season (69), yards punted in a season (2,710), and yards punted in a game (493 on 11 punts against Evansville) ... he placed eleven punts inside ofthe opponent's 20-yard line and thirty-one went forty or more

Mike Buhler #12 SR Punter

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yards with a long of 63 yards against Evansville ...three-time Pioneer Football League Special Teams Player of the Week ... against Valparaiso Mike booted seven punts for 293 yards (41.9), including a long of 58 yards ... Mike was selected to the 1995 PFL All– Academic Team after garnering a 3.32 grade point average ... he has earned 2nd Honors Dean's List five different times ... from Northglenn, Colorado, Mike prepped at Regis Jesuit High School where he was a three-sport letterwinner in football, basketball and baseball ... he was an All-Conference kicker and quarterback. Major: Communications, and Minor in Business. JEB DOUGHERTY Senior Defensive Back Two-time 2nd Team All-Pioneer Football League

Enters fourth year with the Torero football program ... 1996 pre-season PFL Defensive Player of the Year (Bob Griese's College Football Yearbook) ... 1995 2nd Team GTE/Academic All-America selection ... two-time 2nd Team All-PFL performer at defensive back ... two-time PFL All-Academic Squad ... 1995 USO Strength Coaches Award ... in 1995 Jeb was second on the team with 88 tackles (41 solo) ... he added 7 QB sacks, 4 QB hurries, 6 forced fumbles, 3 fumble recoveries, 1 blocked kick, 9 pass breakups and 1

Jeb Dougherty #7 SR DB

interception ... in addition, he averaged 21.5 yards on 17 kickoff returns ... in 1994 he finished 8th in the PFL with 92 tackles and ranked 2nd in kickoff returns at 27 .1 yards per return (13th overall in I-AA) ... in addition, he tallied 2 sacks, 5 quarterback hurries, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery, 2 interceptions and 9 pass deflections .. . six times in '94 he ended in double digits for tackles ... in the team's season-ending game against Dayton, Jeb returned two kickoffs for 120 yards, including a 92-yard TD -- he also added 21 tackles from his defensive back position ... against Butler he totaled 110 yards in kickoff return yardage on 5 returns and was named PFL Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 22) ... over the past three seasons, Jeb owns the PFL record for longest kickoff return, a 98-yarder against Azusa Pacific on Oct. 30, 1993 ... his 92-yard return in '94 against Dayton ranks fourth all-time .. . in 1993 he averaged 26.1 yards a kickoff return and finished with 19 tackles in 8 contests ... a two-sport letterman at USO, this past season he was co-MVP as the team's rightfielder ... Jeb carries a cumulative 3.42 grade point average ... he prepped at Yucca Valley High School in Yucca Valley, California. Major: Business Administration, with a Minor in Biology.

EVAN HLAVACEK Senior Running Back Two-time 1st Team All-Pioneer Football League

Enters fourth season with the Torero program ... role in '96 will be more at running back ... two-time 1st Team All-Pioneer Football League selection .. 1995 USO Offensive Player of the Year ... in '95 Evan lead the team in scoring (60 points) and rushed 63 times for 161 yards and 5 TDs ... he hauled in 23 receptions for 377 yards (16.4 yards per catch) with 4 TDs ... he tallied 999 all-purpose running yards ...

Evan Hlavacek #21 SR RB

he tied USO single game records for points (24) and touchdowns scored (4) in last year's 35-18 PFL win over Valparaiso (he turned in TD runs of 10 and 1, and caught TD passes of 26 and 55) ... additionally, he averaged 6.9 yards on 18 punt returns and 30.6 yards on 11 kickoffreturns, including a 95 yard TD against California Lutheran ... in 1994 he earned First TeamAll-Pioneer Football honors at wide receiver after leading the Toreros with 25 receptions for 497 yards (19.9 yds per reception) and 5 TDs ... he also fi nished second in rushing (294 yards & 3TDs), punt returns and kickoffreturns ... finished 4th overall in PFL in all-purpose running ( l09 .1) ... in 1993 he hauled in 17 passes for 330 yards and 3 TDs with a long of 80 yards vs. Drake ... Evan prepped at Archbishop Mitty HS in San Jose, California. Major: Communications, with a Minor in Psychology.